How do you rate in the car-crash Top 10?
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"Driver safety and risk management specialist Peak Performance Management has compiled a league table of the Top 10 driving faults in the UK, based on real life experience with hundreds of corporate clients over the last 13 years. How well – or badly! – do you fare in the assessment?
The award-winning Chesterfield-based company has also identified the best ways of avoiding or remedying each particular fault through effective driver training.
No.1 in the table of most common driving faults is low speed collisions whilst parking and manoeuvring. While this usually causes no more than a scratch or bumper damage, it can easily result in a crush injury or even death for a pedestrian.
The PPM advice is for drivers to do everything slowly, with the fastest thing moving being their eyes through both mirrors AND windows, front and rear. Don't guess, get out and look or get help!
Stop so you can see the rear wheels of the car in front.
At No.2 in the league table is driving too close to the vehicle in front, with the likelihood of a rear-end shunt at typical slow-down situations – such as roundabouts or other traffic queues.
This can be avoided by applying the "two-second rule" – leaving a gap of at least two seconds between you and the car in front when passing a particular point. And adopting the mantra “only a fool breaks the two-second rule”.
Fault No.3 in the chart is stopping too close to the vehicle in front, with the likelihood of being pushed into the vehicle in front in the event of you being hit from behind, or being unable to drive around the vehicle if it breaks down (or, in SA, to avoid a hijacking situation).
This can be avoided by stopping so that you can see where the rear wheels of the vehicle in front touch the tarmac. Leave more space if the vehicle in front of you is heavy goods vehicle.
At No.4 in the league table is the problem of excessive speed for the road situation, leading to a front-end collision or loss of control of the vehicle during heavy braking. The remedy is to stay within posted speed limits and to use forward observation to identify well in advance anything that might require you to slow down.
Falling asleep at the wheel a bigger problem than first thought.
Most common fault No.5 is tiredness. Falling asleep at the wheel can have fatal consequences, particularly on a freeway. Recent statistics are showing that this is a much bigger problem than first thought.
The answer it to take regular breaks –15 minutes for every two hours of driving is about right. Don'tt attempt to drive long distances if you are already tired.
Most common fault No.6 is moving into another driver's blind spot with the risk of being side-swiped if he doesn’t see you and pulls out.
This can be avoided by using the door mirrors of the other vehicle – if you can see the other driver’s face in his door mirror, he can see you.
Fault No.7 in the league table is braking reactively or too late for the situation, with the likelihood that a following vehicle will run into the back of you. Always try to alert the car behind by applying the brakes early: your brake lights should encourage following drivers to back off.
Most common fault No.8 is lack of hazard awareness by company drivers, often resulting in harsh braking and front or rear-end accident potential.
Always try to remember "more money spent means more danger" – which means the more money spent on the road in terms of paint, signs, surfacing and other road furniture, the greater the hazard.
At No.9 is the fault of not allowing for different driver types – such as heavy vehicles, buses, vans, taxis and delivery riders, all of whom have different pressures and time constraints on their driving styles.
Always try to be aware of driver types around you and watch and learn from what you see on the road.
Last, but not least, at No.10 is poor road positioning that causes vision problems for other drivers. If another driver cannot see you until the last minute, this will reduce his reaction time and perhaps cause late braking or collisions, especially on faster roads.
Top 10 driving faults
Low-speed manoeuvring.
Driving too close to the vehicle in front.
Stopping too close to vehicle in front.
Excessive speed.
Tiredness while driving.
Moving into other drivers' blind spots.
Braking reactively or too late.
Lack of hazard awareness.
Not allowing for different ‘driver types’.
Poor road positioning."
"Driver safety and risk management specialist Peak Performance Management has compiled a league table of the Top 10 driving faults in the UK, based on real life experience with hundreds of corporate clients over the last 13 years. How well – or badly! – do you fare in the assessment?
The award-winning Chesterfield-based company has also identified the best ways of avoiding or remedying each particular fault through effective driver training.
No.1 in the table of most common driving faults is low speed collisions whilst parking and manoeuvring. While this usually causes no more than a scratch or bumper damage, it can easily result in a crush injury or even death for a pedestrian.
The PPM advice is for drivers to do everything slowly, with the fastest thing moving being their eyes through both mirrors AND windows, front and rear. Don't guess, get out and look or get help!
Stop so you can see the rear wheels of the car in front.
At No.2 in the league table is driving too close to the vehicle in front, with the likelihood of a rear-end shunt at typical slow-down situations – such as roundabouts or other traffic queues.
This can be avoided by applying the "two-second rule" – leaving a gap of at least two seconds between you and the car in front when passing a particular point. And adopting the mantra “only a fool breaks the two-second rule”.
Fault No.3 in the chart is stopping too close to the vehicle in front, with the likelihood of being pushed into the vehicle in front in the event of you being hit from behind, or being unable to drive around the vehicle if it breaks down (or, in SA, to avoid a hijacking situation).
This can be avoided by stopping so that you can see where the rear wheels of the vehicle in front touch the tarmac. Leave more space if the vehicle in front of you is heavy goods vehicle.
At No.4 in the league table is the problem of excessive speed for the road situation, leading to a front-end collision or loss of control of the vehicle during heavy braking. The remedy is to stay within posted speed limits and to use forward observation to identify well in advance anything that might require you to slow down.
Falling asleep at the wheel a bigger problem than first thought.
Most common fault No.5 is tiredness. Falling asleep at the wheel can have fatal consequences, particularly on a freeway. Recent statistics are showing that this is a much bigger problem than first thought.
The answer it to take regular breaks –15 minutes for every two hours of driving is about right. Don'tt attempt to drive long distances if you are already tired.
Most common fault No.6 is moving into another driver's blind spot with the risk of being side-swiped if he doesn’t see you and pulls out.
This can be avoided by using the door mirrors of the other vehicle – if you can see the other driver’s face in his door mirror, he can see you.
Fault No.7 in the league table is braking reactively or too late for the situation, with the likelihood that a following vehicle will run into the back of you. Always try to alert the car behind by applying the brakes early: your brake lights should encourage following drivers to back off.
Most common fault No.8 is lack of hazard awareness by company drivers, often resulting in harsh braking and front or rear-end accident potential.
Always try to remember "more money spent means more danger" – which means the more money spent on the road in terms of paint, signs, surfacing and other road furniture, the greater the hazard.
At No.9 is the fault of not allowing for different driver types – such as heavy vehicles, buses, vans, taxis and delivery riders, all of whom have different pressures and time constraints on their driving styles.
Always try to be aware of driver types around you and watch and learn from what you see on the road.
Last, but not least, at No.10 is poor road positioning that causes vision problems for other drivers. If another driver cannot see you until the last minute, this will reduce his reaction time and perhaps cause late braking or collisions, especially on faster roads.
Top 10 driving faults
Low-speed manoeuvring.
Driving too close to the vehicle in front.
Stopping too close to vehicle in front.
Excessive speed.
Tiredness while driving.
Moving into other drivers' blind spots.
Braking reactively or too late.
Lack of hazard awareness.
Not allowing for different ‘driver types’.
Poor road positioning."
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